Online Master of Business Administration (MBA) Dear Prospective Student, Thank you for contacting the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business. By requesting this brochure, you’ve taken a first step toward enrolling in a world-class MBA program and making a significant transition in your career. The Smith School offers you the resources, community and superior instruction that you’d expect from a highly respected university. Our online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program is designed to help you discover your professional leadership potential, develop your entrepreneurial spirit and facilitate your growth as a global citizen. Through engaging and experientially driven curriculum, you’ll learn what it takes to face the challenges of business in the 21st century. Develop your professional credentials with the University of Maryland Smith Online MBA, ranked 9th in the U.S. News & World Report 2017 Best Online MBA Programs. During the Smith online MBA you can: • Select an MBA specialization in Accounting, Finance, Information Systems and Business Analytics, Marketing or Supply Chain Management, or choose the general track that introduces you to core specialization concepts. • Learn from and interact with the accomplished faculty and real-world business professionals who are actively defining the future of global business. • Build your professional network and connect with a community of more than 60,000 Smith School alumni worldwide. • Develop actionable business knowledge by engaging in a high-quality online MBA accredited by AACSB International, the premier accrediting agency for programs in business administration and accounting. • Earn your MBA online in as few as 24 months while remaining active in your current career. • Engage in education online through a flexible, user-friendly learning environment recognized as one of the best in the marketplace. The Smith School community is poised to help you achieve your professional goals. Should you have any questions, our enrollment advisors are available to help you through every step of the application and enrollment process. Please call 1.877.807.8741 – Monday through Friday, 8am to 7pm EST. We look forward to speaking with you. Sincerely, Michael Faulkender Associate Dean, Master’s Programs Robert H. Smith School of Business University of Maryland, College Park The Smith Online MBA Immersive and experientially driven, the online MBA program from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business offers a transformative learning experience dedicated to developing highly skilled business leaders and entrepreneurs. We welcome ambitious, highly motivated professionals who seek a rigorous academic program taught by our world-renowned faculty. EARN AN MBA FROM A RESPECTED LEADER IN BUSINESS EDUCATION Featuring a top-ranked faculty and an innovative curriculum, the Smith School’s online MBA is an advanced business degree embodying the business intelligence and practical management skills needed to thrive at the forefront of global business. MAKE YOUR MBA A CATALYST FOR YOUR CAREER Discover your full professional potential and gain the skills that create opportunity as you learn to address the challenges that face business leadership in the 21st century. Grow as a global citizen who can conduct successful commerce across cultures and borders. Connect knowledge and expertise to build your leadership, decision-making, teamwork, analysis and communication skills. Choose Your Specialization ACCOUNTING FINANCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS Learn to analyze, track and Gain an edge in AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS communicate the financial understanding of Learn to manage information vital for corporate finance, information to make planning business strategy financial restructuring and decisions that maximize and managing financial portfolio management. strategic advantage and assets. Gain an in-depth Learn to evaluate financial value. Develop the latest understanding of advanced markets, determine risks technical skills and leverage managerial accounting, and make confident, technology across all financial statements impactful strategic aspects of the organization. analysis and taxation. decisions. MARKETING SUPPLY CHAIN GENERAL TRACK Learn how to create MANAGEMENT For a broader MBA and maintain enduring Gain practical knowledge experience, choose the customer equity, identify and skills to launch your general track that marketing opportunities management career in introduces you to core and develop your brand the fast-paced supply management concepts in management expertise. chain management field. each of the specializations. Discover what it takes Learn how to take local to effectively position operations global or products and services and strengthen an international implement competitive enterprise through import/ marketing support. export management, risk identification, intermodal operations and product innovation. Take the first step in your professional development. Call us today at 1.877.807.8741 for more program details and enrollment dates. Program Overview The online MBA from the Smith School at the University of Maryland, College Park, is designed for students with a bachelor’s degree and the desire to build business acumen. The degree can be earned online in as few as 24 months. Taking place over six 14-week terms, the program consists of 54 total credits. During the program there are two required campus-based residencies, each lasting three days. The residencies allow students to build a strong working relationship with their cohort peers and the faculty from the outset, setting the stage for academic success and professional growth, and to come together for a capstone experience at the end of the program. Curriculum Opening Residency Introduction: Fundamentals of Business 2 Foundation I Courses Corporate Finance (I) 2 Data Analysis 2 Decision Modeling 2 Entrepreneurship 2 Introduction to Financial Accounting 2 Leadership and Teamwork 2 Managerial Accounting 2 Admissions Managerial Economics 2 Marketing Management 2 Requirements Strategic Information Systems 2 Supply Chain Management 2 The Global Economic Environment 2 • Official transcripts from all undergraduate and Foundation II Courses graduate institutions attended (transcript evaluation for transcripts from international schools) Action Learning Project (I) 1 Action learning Project (II) 3 • Professional experience: Corporate Finance (II) 2 Two years highly recommended Ethical Leadership 2 • Resume Executive Powers and Negotiation 2 International Business 2 • GPA: minimum 2.80 (considerations will be made Operations Management 2 based on experience and graduate coursework) Organizational Change 2 Strategic Management 2 • Official GMAT or GRE scores Foundation II Selectives (choose three courses)* • Letter of recommendation Fraud Examination, Detection and Deterrence in the Business Environment (A) 2 • Essay The Impact of Taxation on Business Entities (A) 2 Financial Planning and Control Systems for Managers and Consultants (A) 2 • Interview at the discretion of the Commercial Bank Management (F) 2 Admission Committee Financial Restructuring (F) 2 • TOEFL scores (if applicable) Capital Markets (F) 2 Data Analytics (IS) 2 • Online application Managing Digital Businesses and Platforms (IS) 2 Social Media and Web Analytics (IS) 2 • Non-refundable application fee ($75) Customer Equity Management (M) 2 Co-Creating Customer Experiences (M) 2 Consumer Behavior (M) 2 Innovative Solutions to Supply Chain Challenges (S) 2 Global Trade Logistics (S) 2 * A = Accounting, F = Finance, IS = Information Systems & Business Supply Chain Risk Management (S) 2 * AAnalytics, = Accounting, M = Marketing, F = Finance, S =IS Supply = Information Chain Management Systems & Business Analytics, M = Marketing, S = Supply Chain Management Capstone: Integrative Business Simulation (Closing Residency) 2 **Curriculum subject to change. **Curriculum subject to change. Total Credits: 54 About the Robert H. Smith School of Business Accreditation The Robert H. Smith School of Business is an internationally THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE recognized leader in management education and research. COLLEGIATE SCHOOLS OF BUSINESS One of 12 colleges and schools at the University of Maryland, AACSB provides internationally recognized, College Park, the Smith School offers undergraduate, full- specialized accreditation for business and time, part-time and online MBA, executive MBA, MS, PhD and accounting programs at the bachelor’s, executive education programs, as well as outreach services to the master’s and doctoral levels. The AACSB corporate community. accreditation standards challenge post- Smith is at the forefront of creating, understanding and secondary educators to pursue excellence leveraging the modern world’s evolving business models. Our and continuous improvement throughout world-class faculty and research centers work to bring game- their business programs. AACSB accreditation changing research into the classroom and the boardroom for is known worldwide as the longest-standing, maximum impact. Smith immerses its students in complex and most recognized form of specialized/ evolving marketplaces where critical thinking, creativity and professional accreditation an institution and entrepreneurship are at the core of the enterprise. its business programs can earn. www.aacsb.edu THE MIDDLE STATES COMMISSION About the University of ON HIGHER EDUCATION Maryland, College Park Additionally, the University of Maryland is accredited